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  • Editor: Alan E. Willner
  • Vol. 37, Iss. 4 — Feb. 15, 2012
  • pp: 704–706

Adhesion of mineral and soot aerosols can strongly affect their scattering and absorption properties

Michael I. Mishchenko and Janna M. Dlugach  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 4, pp. 704-706 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.000704


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Abstract

We use the numerically exact superposition T-matrix method to compute the optical cross sections and the Stokes scattering matrix for polydisperse mineral aerosols (modeled as homogeneous spheres) covered with a large number of much smaller soot particles. These results are compared with the Lorenz–Mie results for a uniform external mixture of mineral and soot aerosols. We show that the effect of soot particles adhering to large mineral particles can be to change the extinction and scattering cross sections and the asymmetry parameter quite substantially. The effect on the phase function and degree of linear polarization can be equally significant.

© 2012 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(290.0290) Scattering : Scattering
(290.1090) Scattering : Aerosol and cloud effects
(290.5850) Scattering : Scattering, particles
(290.5825) Scattering : Scattering theory

ToC Category:
Scattering

History
Original Manuscript: December 13, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 23, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: December 25, 2011
Published: February 14, 2012

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Michael I. Mishchenko and Janna M. Dlugach, "Adhesion of mineral and soot aerosols can strongly affect their scattering and absorption properties," Opt. Lett. 37, 704-706 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-4-704

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